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<journal-id>0188-2503</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista mexicana de sociología]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Mex. Sociol]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0188-2503</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0188-25032021000400801</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Contribuciones ontológicas y epistemológicas de la teoría luhmanniana del observador]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Ontologic and epistemologic contributions of Luhmann&#8217;s theory of the observer]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Giordano]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Pedro Martín]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto de Investigaciones Gino Germani  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires ]]></addr-line>
<country>Argentina</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>83</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<fpage>801</fpage>
<lpage>830</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0188-25032021000400801&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0188-25032021000400801&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0188-25032021000400801&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: El presente trabajo indaga sobre las contribuciones de la teoría del observador de Niklas Luhmann al entendimiento de su postura ontológica y epistemológica y al esclarecimiento de los debates más significativos sobre ella. Dada la falta de especificidad y desarrollo sistemático, se le caracteriza a través de los elementos conceptuales que le dan forma: la distinción operación/observación, la distinción entre tipos y niveles de observación, la clausura operativa y el acoplamiento estructural. Posteriormente, se repara en las principales disputas acerca de su ontología y su epistemología para, luego de analizarlas desde la teoría del observador, definir una posición propia.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: This article analyzes the contributions of Luhmann&#8217;s theory of the observer to the understanding of his ontological and epistemological position and to the clarification of the most meaningful discussions on it. Given the lack of a specific and systematic approach, the theory of the observer is characterized through the conceptual elements that shape it: the distinction between operation and observation, the distinction between types and levels of observation, operational closure and structural coupling. Subsequently, the article reviews the main discussions over his ontology and epistemology and, after observing them from the standpoint of the theory of the observer, presents its own interpretation.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[teoría del observador]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[ontología]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[observation]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[ontology]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[epistemology]]></kwd>
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